How to Use free weights in a Sentence

free weights

plural noun

• Some gyms don't have these types of free weights or equipment, so be sure to inquire when signing up.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 5 Dec. 2024
• The gym includes Peloton bikes, a punching bag, free weights, and treadmills.
  — Robin Allison Davis, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2024
• The gym is small but mighty, with several new machines, free weights, and treadmills.
  — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
• The gym has free weights, barbells, benches, and cardio equipment.
  — Mazuba Kapambwe, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
• New to strength training and not quite feeling comfortable with free weights yet?
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 17 Jan. 2024
• There’s a sprawling rooftop pool perfect for laps and a multiroom gym with machines and free weights.
  — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
• Or toward the free weights and strength-training machines to do some resistance training?
  — Randal Claytor, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2023
• Zen Moments After a workout in the gym (treadmills, ellipticals and free weights are a few things available), a trip to the Cloud 9 Spa is a just reward.
  — Dwight Brown, Essence, 11 July 2023
• Everyone laments the gym-goer who leaves their free weights on the floor or plates on the barbell, but to me, re-racking your equipment but putting it in the wrong spot is barely any better.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 2 Jan. 2024
• There’s a yoga section for guests to set up a mat on small platforms in the heart of the hotel’s tropical garden and a fitness room filled with treadmills and free weights inside.
  — Parker Diakite, Essence, 29 Aug. 2023
• So lift weights: compound exercises for your entire body, ideally with free weights, three times a week.
  — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 13 May 2023
• For more info on bodyweight shoulder exercises, as well as those that do involve free weights, take a look at the list below—you’re bound to find a new fave or two to add to your routine.
  — Elizabeth Millard, Cpt, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
• This sits alongside a 1,550 sqft state-of-the-art fitness center, filled with a variety of equipment and free weights, plus personal training services.
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• When using free weights such as a dumbbell, barbell, or kettlebell, the easiest point of the exercise is when the elbow is straightened at the bottom of the movement.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• The first-floor fitness center has top-of-the-line cardio and weightlifting equipment, free weights, a stretching wall, and complimentary water and trail mix.
  — Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024
• This resistance can include free weights, weight-lifting machines, resistance bands, or even your own body weight.
  — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
• The Rice Village 24-Hour Fitness has an indoor lap pool, steam room and sauna, basketball and racquetball courts, group exercise classes and free weights.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 8 Apr. 2023
• Participants could use free weights or weight-lifting machines.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• In other words, strength training usually requires free weights while resistance training sometimes uses free weights, but doesn't have to.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• The resort’s fitness center, open 24 hours, includes treadmills, ellipticals, and free weights.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2023
• Guests enjoy 24-hour access to the fitness studio where there’s cardiovascular equipment, weight machines, free weights and yoga mats.
  — Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
• Moreover, training with free weights appears to be more effective in boosting T levels than exercise machines.
  — James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2024
• The expansive 8,000-square-foot open-air outdoor workout area has free weights, cardio machines, fitness classes and a dedicated track area designed for sprinting.
  — Luis Campuzano, WWD, 15 June 2024
• According to the report, lots of different programming can do the trick, like those focused on strength, power, or muscular endurance, as well as those using various kinds of loads, like bodyweight training, free weights, machines, and bands.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 18 Mar. 2024
• But for those who are hesitant about scaling the walls, North Mass Boulder also offers yoga classes, a free weights section and dedicated family rooms, including one with a pirate ship.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2023
• But resistance bands do offer some advantages over traditional free weights.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 11 Oct. 2024
• According to an annual survey in the American College of Sports Medicine’s journal, strength training with free weights ranked as the second-most popular fitness trend in 2023, after wearable fitness technology.
  — Maia Pandey, NBC News, 25 July 2023
• Cable systems also provide constant tension on muscles throughout a movement, which can make the exercise more effective (especially compared to doing the same move using free weights).
  — Erin Bunch, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
• Another option, Tempo, uses free weights (compared to Tonal’s weighted cable system) and has a storage compartment attached to its freestanding digital display.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Mar 2025